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About Author: Brian McKechnie

Brian McKechnie
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Brian McKechnie is the founder and editor of Criticize This! Email him at brian@criticizethis.ca.

Posts by Brian McKechnie

  • Footloose (Blu-ray) Criticize This! Pick of the Week – As a hardcore fan of the original Footloose I had my doubts about the remake and figured it would be an...

    New On DVD: March 6, 2012

    Footloose (Blu-ray) Criticize This! Pick of the Week – As a hardcore fan of the original Footloose I had my doubts about the remake and figured it would be an...

  • Andrew Stanton’s adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ sci-fi epic John Carter is finally hitting screens this week and to whet our appetites for it even more Disney has released a great 10 minute scene...

    Watch This! 10 minute clip from ‘John Carter’

    Andrew Stanton’s adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ sci-fi epic John Carter is finally hitting screens this week and to whet our appetites for it even more Disney has released a great 10 minute scene...

  • My week is now complete as Disney has released the first trailer for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie. And it’s absolutely glorious! Check it out below along with four new images from the...

    Trailer and four new images released for Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’

    My week is now complete as Disney has released the first trailer for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie. And it’s absolutely glorious! Check it out below along with four new images from the...

  • Familiar is the third short horror film produced by the up-and-coming Toronto-based company, Fatal Pictures. It’s a wonderfully shot and acted film about a man dealing with the fact that...

    Q&A with Zach Green, producer of short horror film ‘Familiar’

    Familiar is the third short horror film produced by the up-and-coming Toronto-based company, Fatal Pictures. It’s a wonderfully shot and acted film about a man dealing with the fact that...

  • Hollywood has a hit and miss track record when it comes to adapting Dr. Seuss stories. While the 1966 TV special for How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a celebrated...

    Movie Review: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

    Hollywood has a hit and miss track record when it comes to adapting Dr. Seuss stories. While the 1966 TV special for How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a celebrated...

  • Sometimes there’s just not enough time in the day to review all the movies that open in various cities across Canada, even movies we adore. Also Playing is here to...

    Also Playing: Rampart, Donovan’s Echo, Act of Valor, Familiar

    Sometimes there’s just not enough time in the day to review all the movies that open in various cities across Canada, even movies we adore. Also Playing is here to...

  • Hot damn, Disney! You are making me feel like a kid in a candy store this week. After that wicked new poster for The Avengers you dropped in my inbox...

    New trailer for ‘The Avengers’ will blow you away!

    Hot damn, Disney! You are making me feel like a kid in a candy store this week. After that wicked new poster for The Avengers you dropped in my inbox...

  • Although I find Brave to look more like How to Train Your Dragon than a typical Pixar film, there is no doubt in my mind that the anti-princess story is...

    Watch This! New trailer for Pixar’s ‘Brave’

    Although I find Brave to look more like How to Train Your Dragon than a typical Pixar film, there is no doubt in my mind that the anti-princess story is...

  • I love this poster Disney released today for The Avengers. It just looks wild and finally has me extremely excited for the film. Hopefully the new trailer they are premiering...

    Wicked new poster for ‘The Avengers’ arrives

    I love this poster Disney released today for The Avengers. It just looks wild and finally has me extremely excited for the film. Hopefully the new trailer they are premiering...

  • In the dark Canadian thriller Donovan’s Echo, Danny Glover plays a man experiencing déjà vu when he returns home 30 years after losing his wife and daughter in a terrible...

    Q&A with ‘Donovan’s Echo’ director Jim Cliffe

    In the dark Canadian thriller Donovan’s Echo, Danny Glover plays a man experiencing déjà vu when he returns home 30 years after losing his wife and daughter in a terrible...

  • Justice League: Doom (Blu-ray) Criticize This! Pick of the Week – With every new DC Universe title released the quality of both the animation and the story seems to get...

    New On DVD: February 28, 2012

    Justice League: Doom (Blu-ray) Criticize This! Pick of the Week – With every new DC Universe title released the quality of both the animation and the story seems to get...

  • I might be one of the only people on the planet who enjoyed the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans and am genuinely looking forward to the upcoming sequel,...

    New trailer for ‘Wrath of the Titans’ arrives

    I might be one of the only people on the planet who enjoyed the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans and am genuinely looking forward to the upcoming sequel,...

  • The black and white silent film The Artist took home five Oscars at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, including Best Picture, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best...

    ‘The Artist’ takes home Best Picture at the Oscars

    The black and white silent film The Artist took home five Oscars at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, including Best Picture, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best...

  • I got an email from a friend of mine yesterday asking if she can watch the Oscars live online tonight. I assumed she could and went looking as to where...

    Why can’t we live stream the Oscars?

    I got an email from a friend of mine yesterday asking if she can watch the Oscars live online tonight. I assumed she could and went looking as to where...

  • Slap Shot, the most famous hockey movie ever made, celebrates its 35th anniversary tomorrow (February 25) and since the guys who played the Hanson Bros. — Dave Hanson, Jeff Carlson, and...

    The Hanson Bros. celebrate the release of ‘Goon’

    Slap Shot, the most famous hockey movie ever made, celebrates its 35th anniversary tomorrow (February 25) and since the guys who played the Hanson Bros. — Dave Hanson, Jeff Carlson, and...